books!
books i want to read:
on the road- kerouac
the dharma bums- kerouac
big sur- kerouac
gravity's rainbow- pychon
the crying of lot 49- pynchon
light in august- faulkner
the sound and the fury- faulkner
naked lunch- burroughs
for whom the bell tolls- hemingway
the sun also rises- hemingway
the fountainhead- rand
live for a living- wakefield
whenever i go to borders (or b&n, or any bookstore, really), i feel overwhelmed by their massive selection of books and my brain just stops working. somehow i meander over to the music section, probably drooling and glassy-eyed, and either end up buying a cd that i have already downloaded or an autobiographical book by a music critic (tonight it was love is a mixtape by rob sheffield). i dont think there is anything inherently wrong these books. i have enjoyed every chuck klosterman book. nothing feels good was alright, i guess (or, it was when i was 19 and really enjoyed taking back sunday). i cant wait to buy perfect from now on when it comes out on paperback (even though i read about half of it tonight in the store... thats another problem with me; i need to own books. borrowing them from the library and then giving them back doesnt really work for me. i like seeing them on my bookshelf. they are my little paper trophies.) its just that the music section is a 10 foot by 5 foot shelf... if that. and most of it is total garbage (how many different Slash biographies do we really need?). i know there are probably at least 300 or so books that i have not yet read (that are not called harry potter, because i read all of those... twice) that i really need to. so i will keep adding to this list. any suggestions are more than welcome.
on the road- kerouac
the dharma bums- kerouac
big sur- kerouac
gravity's rainbow- pychon
the crying of lot 49- pynchon
light in august- faulkner
the sound and the fury- faulkner
naked lunch- burroughs
for whom the bell tolls- hemingway
the sun also rises- hemingway
the fountainhead- rand
live for a living- wakefield
whenever i go to borders (or b&n, or any bookstore, really), i feel overwhelmed by their massive selection of books and my brain just stops working. somehow i meander over to the music section, probably drooling and glassy-eyed, and either end up buying a cd that i have already downloaded or an autobiographical book by a music critic (tonight it was love is a mixtape by rob sheffield). i dont think there is anything inherently wrong these books. i have enjoyed every chuck klosterman book. nothing feels good was alright, i guess (or, it was when i was 19 and really enjoyed taking back sunday). i cant wait to buy perfect from now on when it comes out on paperback (even though i read about half of it tonight in the store... thats another problem with me; i need to own books. borrowing them from the library and then giving them back doesnt really work for me. i like seeing them on my bookshelf. they are my little paper trophies.) its just that the music section is a 10 foot by 5 foot shelf... if that. and most of it is total garbage (how many different Slash biographies do we really need?). i know there are probably at least 300 or so books that i have not yet read (that are not called harry potter, because i read all of those... twice) that i really need to. so i will keep adding to this list. any suggestions are more than welcome.
posted by adamleo at 9:36 PM
3 Comments:
chuck klosterman cracks me up. i read sex drugs and cocoa puffs and couldn't put it down.
-Joe Marks
yeah for sure. i have been the same way with all his books. killing yourself to live is probably my favorite of his. you gotta check that one out if you havent already. also perfect from now on by john sellers. its written in a similar style, but more autobiographical than like, pop criticism.
hehe, i empathize with you completely :-)
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